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Penguin softball team to meet Pitt today

YOUNGSTOWN — Due to inclement weather, the YSU softball team had its doubleheader at Niagara cancelled on Tuesday.

Today Pittsburgh will play the Penguins in a doubleheader at McCune Park at 3 p.m.

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Colonials extend contract of Rice

CORAOPOLIS — Robert Morris University has awarded a three-year contract extension to men’s basketball coach Mike Rice.

Rice is a graduate of Boardman High School and his father is the former men’s basketball coach at Youngstown State.

Pozzuto picked by MAC

KENT — Kent State sophomore left-hander Markie Pozzuto was named the Mid-American Conf. East Division softball pitcher of the week.

The honor was the first of the season and second of the career for Pozzuto, a graduate of Maplewood High.

The Golden Flasher went 2-0 in Pozzuto’s two starts last week where she struck out 15 and walked just one.

Over her last five games, Pozzuto is 3-1 with a 2.42 ERA, 28 strikeouts and just three walks. Kent is 23-19.

Memorial Mile

BOARDMAN — The Memorial Mile road race will be held on May 25, beginning at 9:35 a.m.

Sponsored by the Jock Stop, the race begins at Routes 224 and 7.

There are 14 age groups.

For details call (330) 726-8407 or visit www.jockstop.com.

Harpp honored

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Slippery Rock Univ. junior distance runner Jenn Harpp has been named as a member of the 2008-09 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Winter Top-Ten, as selected by the conference’s sports information directors.

The PSAC Top-Ten honors 10 student-athletes each season, five males and five females, who distinguish themselves in the classroom and in the area of competition.

In order to be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must carry above a 3.25 cumulative GPA and have significant athletic credentials.

Harpp had a breakout year during the winter season, in which she set two Slippery Rock records individually and was a member of two record-setting relay teams.

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America’s Cup

NEW YORK — America’s Cup champion Alinghi of Switzerland is being ordered to tell a New York court why it should not be held in contempt for refusing to comply with an order that its one-on-one showdown against American crew BMW Oracle Racing be held in February.

The Supreme Court of the State of New York, acting on a request by San Francisco’s Golden Gate Yacht Club, scheduled a hearing for May 14.

This is the latest twist in a bitter fight between billionaires that has delayed a conventional, multichallenger America’s Cup and led to a rare showdown between Alinghi and BMW Oracle Racing.

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Chelsea, Barcelona tie

BARCELONA, Spain — After becoming the first team to hold Barcelona scoreless since the Spanish league’s opening weekend last August, Chelsea headed home in good position to advance to the European Champions League final for the second straight year.

“It’s quite an achievement against a team that plays beautiful football,” Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink said after Tuesday night’s 0-0 tie in the first leg of the semifinals.

Both goalkeepers made important stops, with Victor Valdes getting his hands up quickly to stop Didier Drogba following a defensive lapse in the 39th minute — Chelsea’s only shot on goal to Barcelona’s 12.

2016 Olympics

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials believe they made a good impression on the International Olympic Committee inspection team when it arrived to check Rio’s 2016 Olympics bid.

Brazilian Olympic Committee president Carlos Arthur Nuzman says the IOC members told him the welcoming activities prepared by the city were the best so far. The team has visited Tokyo and Chicago, but has yet to inspect Madrid.

The team was welcomed by the city’s mayor and the state’s governor on Monday.

Vindicator staff/wire reports